TO FIND A MARE'S NEST

Meaning of TO FIND A MARE'S NEST in English

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MARE — cavalla. MARE'S NEST: fiasco
English interlingue dictionary
MARE — kabayo'ng baye;kabayong baye
English-Visayan vocabulary
MARE — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German mara incubus, Serbo-Croatian mora night~ Date: before …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NEST — Structure built by an animal as a permanent home or for bearing and rearing offspring. The social insects build systems …
Английский словарь Британика
MARE — I Any flat, low, dark plain on the Moon . Maria are huge impact basins containing lava flows marked by …
Английский словарь Британика
NEST — I. ˈnest noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Middle Dutch & …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MARE — I. mare noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German & Old Norse …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FIND — I. ˈfīnd verb ( found ˈfau̇nd ; found ; finding ; finds ) Etymology: Middle English finden, from Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NEST — (n.) A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or situation; a retreat, or place of habitual resort; hence, those who occupy …
Английский словарь Webster
NEST — ( n. ) A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or situation; a retreat, or place of habitual resort; hence, those …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NEST — — nestable , adj. — nester , n. — nestlike , adj. — nesty , adj. /nest/ , n. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MARE — mare 1 /mair/ , n. a fully mature female horse or other equine animal. [ bef. 900; ME, var. of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FIND — — findable , adj. /fuynd/ , v. , found, finding , n. v.t. 1. to come upon by chance; meet …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NEST — I. ˈnest noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German nest nest, Latin nidus Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MARE — I. mare noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German mara incubus, Serbo-Croatian mora nightmare Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FIND — I. ˈfīnd verb ( found ˈfau̇nd ; find·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English findan; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NEST — vi to build and occupy a nest. 2. nest ·vt to put into a nest; to form a nest for. …
Webster English vocab
MARE — noun the female of the horse and other equine quadrupeds. 2. mare ·noun sighing, suffocative panting, intercepted utterance, with a …
Webster English vocab
FIND — vt to discover by sounding; as, to find bottom. 2. find ·vt to come upon by seeking; as, to find …
Webster English vocab
NEST — [nest] n [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG nest nest, L nidus] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a bed or receptacle …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MARE — [mare] n [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG mara incubus, Serbo-Croatian mora nightmare] (bef. 12c) obs: an evil preternatural being …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FIND — [find] vb found ; find.ing [ME, fr. OE findan; akin to OHG findan to find, L pont-, pons bridge, Gk …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NEST — nest, Nest BrE AmE nest ▷ nested ˈnest ɪd -əd ▷ nesting ˈnest ɪŋ ▷ nests nests ▶ ˈ nest …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MARE — I mare 'she-horse' BrE AmE meə AmE me ə r mæ ə r ▷ mares, mare's meəz AmE me ə …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NEST — / nest; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a hollow place or structure that a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MARE — / meə(r); NAmE mer/ noun a female horse or donkey —compare brood mare , filly , stallion • IDIOMS - …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIND — / faɪnd; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( found , found / faʊnd; NAmE /) BY CHANCE 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NEST — I. nest 1 /nest/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ] 1 . BIRDS a place made or …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MARE — mare /meə $ mer/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: mere ] 1 . a female …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FIND — I. find 1 S1 W1 /faɪnd/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle found /faʊnd/) [transitive] [ Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NEST — n. & v. --n. 1 a structure or place where a bird lays eggs and shelters its young. 2 an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MARE — n. (pl. maria or mares) 1 (in full mare clausum) Law the sea under the jurisdiction of a particular country. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MARE — n. 1 the female of any equine animal, esp. the horse. 2 sl. derog. a woman. ømare's nest an illusory …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FIND — v. & n. --v.tr. (past and past part. found) 1 a discover by chance or effort (found a key). b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NEST — n. & v. n. 1 a structure or place where a bird lays eggs and shelters its young. 2 an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MARE — n. (pl. maria or mares) 1 (in full mare clausum) Law the sea under the jurisdiction of a particular country. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MARE — n. 1 the female of any equine animal, esp. the horse. 2 sl. derog. a woman. mare's nest an illusory …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FIND — v. & n. v.tr. (past and past part. found) 1 a discover by chance or effort (found a key). b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NEST — n. & v. --n. 1. a structure or place where a bird lays eggs and shelters its young. 2 an …
Oxford English vocab
MARE — 1. n.1 the female of any equine animal, esp. the horse. 2 sl. derog. a woman. Phrases and idioms: mare's …
Oxford English vocab
FIND — v. & n. --v.tr. (past and past part. found) 1. a discover by chance or effort (found a key). b …
Oxford English vocab
NEST — ( nests, nesting, nested) 1. A bird’s nest is the home that it makes to lay its eggs in. I …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MARE — ( mares) A mare is an adult female horse. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIND — ( finds, finding, found) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NEST — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird builds a nest ▪ By March many birds have already built nests. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MARE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES brood mare COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE grey ▪ He was definitely impressed by Karen's …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FIND — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a poll finds sth ▪ Our poll found that 29 percent rated his performance …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MARE — [noun] [C] - an adult female horseA female horse is called a mare when it is over four years old.Compare …
Cambridge English vocab
FIND — out [phrasal verb] [T] - to obtain knowledge of (something), or to obtain knowledge of the dishonest or criminal activities …
Cambridge English vocab
MARE — n. de la Mare Walter John Mare Germanicum Mare Tirreno Maria Louise de la Ramée Maria Louise Ramé Girolamo Francesco …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MARE — n. Any flat, low, dark plain on the Moon . Maria are huge impact basins containing lava flows marked by …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FIND — Synonyms and related words : accommodate, accomplish, achieve, acquire, act on, afford, allot, approach, arouse, arrive, arrive at, arrive in, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MARE — Noun. 1. A woman. E.g."You silly mare! Why did you do that?" Derog.2. A terrible situation. Abb. of nightmare. E.g."We …
Slang English vocab
FIND — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ good , great , real ▪ exciting , interesting , remarkable , spectacular ▪ The letters …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FIND — INDEX: 1. to find someone or something that is lost 2. to find something you need or want 3. difficult …
Longman Activator English vocab
FIND — See ↑ FIND 1,2,4,5, ↑ FIND OUT 1, ↑ GET 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be a real find • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
NEST — n. 25B6; noun the birds built a nest : ROOST, eyrie. the animals disperse rapidly from the nest : LAIR, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FIND
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FIND — v. 1 discover, come across, happen or come on or upon, hit upon or on, chance or stumble on or …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FIND — verb 1 BAD : I'd like to find why nobody likes me. GOOD : I'd like to find out why …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NEST — 1. сущ. 1) гнездо 2) выводок; рой; семья, колония (о птицах, насекомых и т. п.) take a nest Syn : …
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